A man’s body was recovered from the water at Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin Saturday as thousands visited the spot for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, police say.Photo Credit: Darcy Spencer/NBC Washington

A car crashed into a building near the intersection of 18th Street and P Street NW, leaving one person injured, according to police.Photo Credit: Lance Ing/NBC Washington This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Car-Crashes-into-DC-Building-Leaving-1-Injured-478459643.html’>Click here to open the story in your web browser.

D.C. â€” urban, bustling and often buttoned-up â€” seems so different from Burning Man, an annual bacchanalian festival of art in Nevadaâ€™s Black Rock Desert. But a slice of the fantastical and larger-than-life…

Howard University students staging a three-day a sit-in at the school’s administration building met with university leaders Saturday to discuss a series of demands â€” including ousting the university’s…Photo Credit: NBC Washington This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Howard-U-Students-Set-to-Meet-With-Board-Members-on-3rd-Day-of-Protest-478451943.html’>Click here to open the story in your web browser.

Howard University students are continuing a more than 24-hour sit-in at an administration building to protest a recent financial aid scandal and say they don’t plan on leaving until university officials consider…Photo Credit: NBC Washington This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Howard-University-Students-Continue-Sit-in-at-Administration-Building-for-2nd-Day-478385233.html’>Click here to open the story in your web browser.